At least two people were killed and a score hurt in clashes between rival political parties ahead of Guinea's presidential election Sunday, the head of the gendarmerie told AFP.

Clashes on Thursday between supporters of incumbent President Alpha Conde and leading opposition rival Cellou Dalein Diallo left two activists dead, said General Ibrahima Balde, the gendarmerie chief-of-staff. Interior Minister Mahmoud Cisse meanwhile cited hospital sources as saying one person had died and 20 had been injured in the clashes.